Adventures In Vhs Too

In the second part of this special, Beyond the Neon explores how the Satanic Panic in the US spread to Great Britain in the 1980s. The show looks into how fears about music, board games, films and TV shows, were used to build support for religious crusaders looking to weaponise morality against everything from homosexuality and home video horror movies to suicide. All clips and music used is done so under fair use, for the purposes of historical record, criticism, scholarship and research. Beyond the Neon is a non-profit academic research project and all rights for these inclusions remain with their original creators.  References, citations and further reading/viewing (for parts one and two)  Books and publications Baddeley, Gavin – Lucifer Rising: Sin, Devil Worship, and Rock'n'Roll, 1999 Plexus Publishing Ltd Beck, Richard – We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s, 2015 PublicAffairs Bromley, David G; Best, Joel and Richardson, James T – The Satanism Scare Social Institutions and

In the first of a two-part special, Beyond the Neon digs into the 1960s and 70s, to explore the history of Satanic Panic, and try to understand how and why it exploded across the United States in the 1980s.  The show looks into the real-life criminal cases, dubious media reports, exploitative publications and TV shows, foaming religious fanaticism, and outrageous claims of 'experts' and authors, to expose the hilarious and terrifying world of Satanic Panic that consumed American popular culture in the 80s.  In part two (to be released in November), I'll build upon all of this to look at how the Satanic Panic eventually spread to the UK and how music was used to help keep the madness alive through the 1980s and beyond.  All clips and music used is done so under fair use, for the purposes of historical record, criticism, scholarship and research. Beyond the Neon is a non-profit academic research project and all rights for these inclusions remain with their original creators.  References, cit

In a brand new episode of Beyond the Neon, I look at villainy in 1980s popular culture and how the politics and social trends of the decade gave us a wealth of iconic bad guys. The corporate characters and entities that loomed large, the rock star vampires that replaced the traditional gothic monsters and the slasher megastars who crossed over into everything from TV and music to toys and video games. It's all here! All clips and music used is done so under fair use, for the purposes of historical record, criticism, scholarship and research. Beyond the Neon is a non-profit academic research project and all rights for these inclusions remain with their original creators. References Dickenson, Ben – Hollywood's new radicalism: war, globalisation and the movies from Reagan to George W. Bush, 2006 I. B. Tauris Dika, Vera – Games of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the Films of the Stalker Cycle, 1991 Film Quarterly Vol. 44 issue 4 Kane, Tim – The changing vampire of film and televi

In a special bonus episode, I present my academic paper created for the Gothic 1980s Symposium that took place in June 2019. Re-recorded and re-edited with illustrative clips and scenes, I explore how the aesthetic 'gothic' of 1980s cinema is less active than some of the other, more interesting gothic characters of the era. They may not dress in black, but these characters not only engage with gothic ideas in a more active manner, they activate, learn from and gain control of the narrative through occult practice. REFERENCES Armitt, Lucie – The Gothic Girl Child in A Horner and S Zlosnik(eds) Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion, 2016 Edinburgh University Press Bacon, Simon – Gothic: A Reader, P2018 Peter Lang Ltd Edwards, Justin D – The gothic in contemporary literature and popular culture: pop goth, 2014 Routledge Edwards, Justin D – Technologies of the gothic in literature and culture: technogothics, 2015 Routledge Morgan, Jack – The Biology of Horror: Gothic Literature and Film, 2002 Southern Illi

The final part of the Beyond the Neon film marketing trilogy looks at the end of the 1980s and how popular culture was reacting to the advertising explosion of the decade. The show explores the massive marketing and merchandising behind Tim Burton's Batman (1989) as well as how the advertising industry was represented on screen in British and American film - and how this was a reflection of the political landscape on both sides of The Atlantic. References:  Bailey, Jason – How 'Batman' Changed the Summer Blockbuster Forever, Flovorwire June 2014: http://bit.ly/2Pgq2OM Barker, Adam - Business as Usual?: British Cinema in an Enterprise Culture, Monthly Film Bulletin Vol. 56, Issue 667 (Aug 1, 1989), British Film Institute Muir, John Kenneth – The Films of John Carpenter, 2000 McFarland & Company, Inc. Reinhart, Mark S – The Batman Filmography: Live Action Features, 1943-1997, 2005 McFarland & Company, Inc.  

The second in a three-part series looking at film marketing in the 1980s, Beyond the Neon look at how home video and the 'high concept' movie defined advertising approaches during the decade. References Jordan, Chris - Movies and the Reagan Presidency: Success and Ethics, Praeger 2003 Wyatt, Justin - High Concept: Movies and Marketing in Hollywood, 1994 University of Texas Press Martin, John – Seduction of the Gullible: The Truth Behind the Video Nasty Scandal, 2007 Stray Cat Publishing Ltd

In the first of a three parter looking at film marketing in the 1980s, Beyond the Neon explores the history, language and landscape of cinema that led to the movie marketing we know today. References Berzsenyi, Chrystine – Evil, Beautiful, Deadly: Publicity Posters of Drive-in Horror's Monstrous Women (Rhodes, 2003: 169) Briggs, Asa, and Burke, Peter – A Social History of the Media, 2002 Polity Press Hill, John – British Cinema in the 1980s: Issues and themes, 1999 Clarendon Press Kennedy, Matthew – Roadshow!: The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, 2014 Oxford University Press Rhodes, Gary D, (Ed) Horror at the Drive-In: Essays in Popular Americana, 2003 McFarland & Company Winthrop, Jordan – The Americans: A History, 1996 McDougal Littell https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/187069/north-american-box-office-gross-revenue-since-1980/  

Exploring the superhero landscape of  the 1970s, how this translated to decade that followed, and how a new president changed the way Hollywood looked at heroism in comics, tv and film.   Guest contributors Dr Joan Ormrod, Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and researcher in women in comics and subcultural identities. Professor Kent Worcester, Professor of Political Science, Marymount Manhattan College and Author of The Punisher and the Politics of Retributive Justice. Dr. Marc DiPaolo, Assistant Professor of Language and Literature at Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Author of War, Politics and Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film. References Belton, John– American Cinema/American Culture, 2013 McGraw Hill (4th Edition) Booker, M Keith– May Contain Graphic Material: Cmic Books, Graphic Novels, and Film, 2007 Praeger Publishers Brands, HW– You're Remembering Reagan Wrong, 2016 Time Magazine (web article) Faludi, Susan– Backlash – The Undeclared War Agai

The podcast dedicated to the 1980s continues to plumb the depths of the decade and ponder its wildest, most wonderful moments... In the second of a two-part epic show, I continue my journey into one of the most important toy franchises of the 1980s (and my childhood) The Transformers. I'm joined by guests including The Toys That Made Us producer Brian Volk Weiss, Transformers UK and US comic writer/editor Simon Furman and animation academic Dr Steve Henderson about the impact of Transformers: The Movie (1986), as well as its impact on the wider universe of the robots in disguise. We also discuss the longevity and power of the franchise and how it is equipped for the future. Keep up with news on new The Toys That Made Us episodes here: https://twitter.com/toysthatmadeus Check out new material from Simon Furman here:  https://simonfurman.wordpress.com Follow Steve Henderson's animation news website here: http://www.skwigly.co.uk Music by Isidor, download more of it here: https://isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com

The podcast dedicated to the 1980s continues to plumb the depths of the decade and ponder its wildest, most wonderful moments... In the first of a two-part epic show, I delve head-first into easily the most important toy franchise of my childhood - and one I still cherish today - The Transformers. Ahead of a new dedicated episode of his series The Toys That Made Us, I speak with producer Brian Volk Weiss about the magic of the franchise, chat to childhood hero and writer/editor of the Transformers UK comic Simon Furman, and ask Dr Steve Henderson, senior lecturer in animation at Manchester Metropolitan University, about the impact of the animated series. Keep up with news on new The Toys That Made Us episodes here: https://twitter.com/toysthatmadeus Check out new material from Simon Furman here:  https://simonfurman.wordpress.com Follow Steve Henderson's animation news website here: http://www.skwigly.co.uk Music by Isidor, download more of it here: https://isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com

The podcast dedicated to the 1980s returns, with a new look and a whole new purpose. Adventures in VHS Too plumbs the depths of the decade to ponder its wildest, most wonderful moments - and answer some of its most perplexing questions. In episode 1, I delve deeper into some of the questions raised by the original Adventures in VHS podcast and book. Were the 80s a place of harmless fun or was it too scary for a wide-eyed child with an appetite for film, TV, comics and pop culture. I explore the paranoia of the decades that led us there, look at some of the more impactful movies and shows of the day, and speak to experts like Richard Daniel Curtis (author and child behaviour expert) and Anastasia Dedyukhina (author and founder of Consciously Digital) about how our modern world shapes up in comparison. Music by Isidor: https://isidorbobinec.bandcamp.com Richard Daniel Curtis:http://www.richarddanielcurtis.com Anastasia Dedyukhina: http://www.consciously-digital.com